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The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church. With more than a billion members, over half of all Christians and more than one-sixth of the world's population, the Catholic Church is a communion of the Western, or (Latin Rite) Church, and 22...
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Bishop of Brandenburg
The Bishopric of Brandenburg was a Roman Catholic diocese established by Otto the Great in 948, including the territory between the Elbe on the west, the Oder on the east, and the Schwarze Elster on the south, and taking in the Uckermark to the...
Holy See
The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome (who is commonly known as the Pope), and is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other...
Pembroke
Pembroke (2006 population 13,930; CA population 23,195) is a Canadian city in the Eastern portion of Southern Ontario at the confluence of the Muskrat River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley. Pembroke is the seat of Renfrew County.
The first...
Area:
- 14.35 km² (5.541 mi² )
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec
The Archdiocese of Québec (Latin: Archidioecesis Quebecensis, French: Archidiocèse de Québec) is the oldest Catholic see in the New World north of Mexico. It was founded as the Apostolic Vicariate of New France in 1658 and was elevated to a Diocese...
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is the title possessed by the Latin Rite Catholic Archbishop of Jerusalem. The Archdiocese of Jerusalem has jurisdiction for all Latin Rite Catholics in Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus. In Jerusalem, the...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York covers New York, Bronx, and Richmond counties in New York City (coterminous with the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island, respectively), as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland,...
Archbishopric of Cologne
The Electorate of Cologne (German: Kurfürstentum Köln or Kurköln) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire and existed from the 10th to the early 19th century. It consisted of the temporal possessions of the Archbishop of Cologne ...
Archbishopric of Salzburg
The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state of the Holy Roman Empire, roughly consisting of the present-day state of Salzburg in Austria.
The diocese arose from St. Peter's Abbey, founded about 696 by St. Rupert at the former Roman...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is a Roman Catholic archdiocese headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the United States. It encompasses the City of Milwaukee, as well as Dodge, Fond du Lac, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth,...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis
The Archdiocese of Saint Louis is the Roman Catholic archdiocese that covers the City of St. Louis as well as the following Missouri counties: Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Perry, Saint Charles, Saint Francois, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, Warren, and...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit (Latin: Archidioecesis Detroitensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin (Roman) Rite of the Catholic Church covering (as of 2005) the Michigan counties of Lapeer, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne....
Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, which includes territory that was previously part of the (now) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, was established as a separate diocese in 1853 when Brooklyn was a separate city from New York City.
The...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco
For the Diocese in Argentina, please see Roman Catholic Diocese of San Francisco
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Latin: Archidioecesis Angelorum in California) is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the western region of the United States. The archdiocese comprises the City of Los Angeles as well as the...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia covers the City and County of Philadelphia as well as Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
It is the Metropolitan See of the Ecclesiastical Province of...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. The archdiocese comprises the City of Baltimore as well as Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Harford,...
Roman Catholic Diocese of London, Ontario
The Catholic Diocese of London, Ontario was created out of the Diocese of Toronto, along with the Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, by Pope Pius IX on February 21, 1856. Pierre-Adolphe Pinsoneault was named the first Bishop of London on May 18 of that...
Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Josephi in California) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It comprises Santa...
Diocese of Urgell
The Diocese of Urgell is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical unit in Catalonia, Spain, with origins in the fifth century AD or possibly earlier. The seat and Cathedral of bishop are situated in a town la Seu d'Urgell.
Among its most notable events are...
Diocese of Meath
The Diocese of Meath is an Irish diocese which took its name after the ancient Kingdom of Meath. In the Roman Catholic Church it still exists as a separate diocese, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with other dioceses.
Clonard Abbey...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northeastern quarter of the state of Iowa in the United States. It includes all the Iowa counties north of Polk, Jasper,...
Council of Sardica
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv is a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Rite, which includes the whole southern part of Bulgaria. The remainder of Bulgaria is comprised in the Diocese of Nicopoli. The seat of the episcopal see is in...
Roman Catholic Bishop of Honolulu
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Honolulu is the residential bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu in the United States, which encompasses the entire state of Hawaii and the unincorporated Hawaiian Islands. The Bishop of Honolulu is a member...
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is a city in southwestern Quebec, in the Regional County Municipality of Beauharnois-Salaberry. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 39,672. Situated on an island in the Saint Lawrence River, it is bordered at its...
Area:
- 107.1 km² (41.35 mi² )
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. The Archdiocese of Chicago is one of the largest dioceses in the nation by population and comprises Cook and Lake counties, covering...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse
The Diocese of Syracuse is a Catholic diocese headquartered in Syracuse, New York, USA. The current bishop is the Most Rev. Robert J. Cunningham. The Diocese of Syracuse includes 350,000 Catholics residing in seven counties of Central and South...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana
The Diocese of Alexandria is the Roman Catholic diocese for central Louisiana, based in Alexandria, with its see at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral. It encompasses the parishes, or counties, of Avoyelles, Rapides, Vernon, Natchitoches, Winn, Caldwell,...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond is an ecclesiastical and episcopal see or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Its current territory was created by Pope Paul VI and encompasses all of central and southern Virginia and...
Bishop of Tortosa
The Bishop of Tortosa is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tortosa in Spain. The bishop is a suffragan of the Archbishop of Tarragona.
Bishop of Mainz
The Diocese of Mainz is a diocese of the Catholic church in Germany. It was created in 1802 with the abolition of the old Archbishopric of Mainz. The diocese is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Freiburg; its district is located in the states of...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Surat Thani
The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Surat Thani (Dioecesis Suratthanensis, Thai: สังฆมณฑลสุราษฎร์ธานี) in southern Thailand was founded in 1969, when it was split off from the Diocese of Ratchaburi by the papal bull Qui Regno Christi. It is a suffragan...
Archdiocese of Bangkok
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bangkok, Thailand (Archidioecesis Bangkokensis, อัครสังฆมณฑลกรุงเทพฯ) dates back to 1662, when the Vicariate Apostolic of Siam of created. It was renamed Vicariate Apostolic of Siam Orientale in 1841 and Vicariate...
Patriarch of Venice
The Patriarch of Venice (latin: Venetiarum Patriarcha, italian: Patriarca di Venezia) is one of the few Patriarchs in the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church (currently five Latin sees, including Diocese of Rome itself, to be accorded the title...
Bishop of Brentwood
The Bishop of Brentwood is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brentwood in the Province of Westminster.
The diocese covers the historic county of Essex, an area of 3,959 km² comprising the non-metropolitan county of Essex, the unitary...
Bishop of Northampton
The Bishop of Northampton heads the Catholic Northampton Diocese, a suffragan see of the Province of Westminster, England.
The see is in the town of Northampton where the Bishop's cathedral or seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Our Lady and...
Bishop of Clifton
The Bishop of Clifton heads the Catholic Clifton Diocese in the Province of Birmingham, in England. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Declan Ronan Lang, 9th Bishop of Clifton.
Bishop Lang has taken for his motto Evangelii Nuntiandi meaning ...
Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle
The Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle in the Province of Liverpool, known also on occasion as the Northern Province.
The present diocese covers an area of 7,700 km² of the counties...
Bishop of East Anglia
'For the older "Bishopric of East Anglia", settled in the Anglo-Saxon period at Dunwich, then Elmham, Thetford and finally Norwich, see bishop of Norwich.
The Bishop of East Anglia heads the modern Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia in England....
Bishop of Hallam
The Bishop of Hallam is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hallam in the Province of Liverpool.
The diocese covers an area of 2,672 km² of County of South Yorkshire, parts of the High Peak and Chesterfield Districts of Derbyshire, and the...
Bishop of Lancaster
The Bishop of Lancaster is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster in the Province of Liverpool.
The diocese covers an area of 2,900 km² of the County of Cumbria together with the Hundreds of Lonsdale, Amounderness and Fylde in the...
Bishop of Middlesbrough
The Bishop of Middlesbrough is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough in the Province of Liverpool.
The diocese covers an area of 4,000 km² of the counties of the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire together with the...
Bishop of Plymouth
The Bishop of Plymouth is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth in the Province of Southwark, England.
The diocese covers an area of 12,831 km² of the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. The see is in the City of Plymouth where...
Bishop of Dunkeld
The Bishop of Dunkeld is the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunkeld, one of the largest and more important of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th century cleric named Cormac. However, the first...
Bishop of Paisley
The Bishop of Paisley is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley in the Province of Glasgow.
The diocese covers an area of 580 km² (224 square miles) and is the smallest by area in Scotland. The see is in the town of Paisley where the...
Bishop of Wrexham
The Bishop of Wrexham is the Ordinary of the Latin-rite Catholic Diocese of Wrexham in the Province of Cardiff, directly subject to the authority of His Holiness the Pope.
The diocese covers an area of 8,361 km² of the ancient counties of Anglesey,...
Bishop of Menevia
The Bishop of Menevia is the Ordinary of the Latin-rite Catholic Diocese of Menevia in the Province of Cardiff.
The diocese covers an area of 9,716 km (3,751 sq mi) roughly consisting of the City and County of Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot, the...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison
The Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, is the Roman Catholic Diocese for the southwest corner of Wisconsin. It comprises Columbia, Dane, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, LaFayette, Marquette, Rock and Sauk counties. The area of the diocese is...
Bishop of Dresden-Meissen
The Bishop of Dresden-Meissen is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dresden-Meissen in the Archdiocese of Berlin.
The diocese covers an area of 16,934 km² and was erected as the Diocese of Meissen on 24 June 1921. The name was changed to...
Bishop of Las Vegas
On June 28, 1995 the Most Reverend Daniel F. Walsh, D.D. was made the first Bishop of Las Vegas by Pope John Paul II. The current Bishop as of 2005 is Monsignor Joseph A. Pepe, who was established as the ordinary of the Diocese of Las Vegas in 2001....
Bishop of Passau
The Diocese of Passau is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Germany. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of München und Freising. The diocese covers an area of 5,442 km². The current bishop is Wilhelm Schraml.
The Diocese...
Bishop of Ghent
The Bishop of Ghent is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gent, which comprises the entire province of East Flanders as well as the Antwerp municipalities of Zwijndrecht and Burcht. The current Bishop of Ghent is Mgr. Luc Van Looy (° 28...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver
The Archdiocese of Denver is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for Denver, Colorado and the Colorado counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson, Larimer, Logan and Weld in the northern part of the state. The current head of the...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati covers the Ohio portion of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, the greater Dayton area and other communities in the southwest region of the state of Ohio in the United States.
In total it encompassed 230...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church for the southeastern quarter of the state of Iowa. There are 11,438 square miles (29,620 km) within the diocese. The diocese's eastern border is at the Mississippi...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines
The Diocese of Des Moines is the Roman Catholic diocese for the southwestern quarter of the state of Iowa.
Dioecesis Desmoinensis is the Latin title of the diocese, and the Diocese of Des Moines is the corporate title of the diocese. The Cathedral...
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City is the Roman Catholic diocese for the northwestern quarter of the state of Iowa, USA. The diocese comprises 24 counties in northwestern Iowa, and it covers an area of 14,518 square miles.
The See city for the...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (Latin: Archidioecesis Pauloplitana et Minneapolitana) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It is led by the prelature of an...
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile
The Archdiocese of Mobile (Archidioecesis Mobiliensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese comprising the lower 28 counties of Alabama. It is the metropolitan seat of the Province of Mobile, which includes the suffragan bishopric sees of the Diocese of...
Bishopric of Worms
The Bishopric of Worms was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire. Located on both banks of the Rhine around Worms just north of the union of that river with the Neckar, it was largely surrounded by the Palatinate. Worms had been...
Knanaya
Tekkumbhagar or Thekkumbagar or Southists ( also known with recently concatenated name Knanaya) are a group of Christians in South India who follow endogamy. Since 1910 and 1911, they form separate dioceses in Jacobite Syrian Christian Church and...
